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Sigiriya and Its Significance:

A Mahayana-Theravada Buddhist Monastery
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Bibliotheque, 2002 - Monasteries, Buddhist - 151 pages

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The popular view of Sigiriya is that it was built by the wicked King Kassapa as a pleasure Palace and gardens, this is pretty much the official line when you go to the rock today and what you get from ... Read full review

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Contents

The literary record
5
Archaeological evidence
13
Literary light on ancient viharas
63
Copyright

Common terms and phrases

abhaya-mudra Abhayagiri Ajanta Cave ancient Anuradhapura Approach Stairway apsaras Archaeological asana Avalokitesvara Bandaranayake Bell ASCAR Bell HCP Bhikkhu Bodhisattva brick Buddha Buddhist monasteries building built Bulathsinhala Ceylon chronicle Cistern clouds Colombo Conze Coomaraswamy Courtesy ASD Courtesy Studio dagoba dated deity dentils depicted Deraniyagala devotee Dhammaruci Dhatusena escarpment evidence excavated female figures flower fresco pockets gallery gateways Geiger gesture Ghosh goddess Govt graffiti hand Hirakawa India inscription interpretation ISBN JRAS(CB Kassapa king Ksitigarbha limestone lion lion-staircase house London lotus Mahavamsa Mahavihara Mahayana Mahayana-Theravada Mahayanist Malalasekera moats Moggallana monastery monastic monks mudra Nagarjunakonda Northern Approach NOTE palace Pali Paranavitana Paranavitana 1956 period pleasure gardens Raja de Silva rampart record religious RH de Silva secular Sigiriya paintings Sigiriya rock sima Sinhala sixth century AC southern Sri Lanka summit Tara terrace Thera Theravada Univ urna-loma vihara western escarpment western gardens western side Wijesekera Willson wingstone worship

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TitleSigiriya and Its Significance: A Mahayana-Theravada Buddhist Monastery
AuthorRajendra Henapala De Silva
PublisherBibliotheque, 2002
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized16 Nov 2009
ISBN9558655015, 9789558655016
Length151 pages
  
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